Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31005, Joseph Eaton, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Eaton, Joseph
S 31005
Born in Pa
CONTENTS

25138
Kentucky
Joseph Eaton
Woodford Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the reg 2 commanded by Gen Rutherford in the North Ca. line for 6 months
First list not found
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Dec r 1833 and Hoon Roll Johnson H B
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 31.00 Pension allowance ending 4 March 10 00
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. M. Boyd Clerk. Book E v Vol. 7 Page 8

28.574
Joseph Eaton Woodford Co. Kentucky
from 1776 private 6 months $20.
Hon: R. M. Johnson N. R.

Commonwealth of Kentucky (Franklin) County ss On this 8 th day of November 1835 th personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Woodford now sitting Joseph Datto a resident of that County and State afore- said aged eighty seven years the 18 th of this inst. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832. That he served as a private in the Militia under the following named officers That he was born and raised in the County of Philadel- phia in the State of Pennsylvania that after he arrived to man's estate he removed to Roane County in the state of North Carolina after the commencement of the War of the Revolution and he believes in the year 1776 he volunteered for three months in the com- pany commanded by Capt John Johnson John Rutledge was the Ensign the name of the Lieut he cannot recollect his company was marched from home across the Catawba river to near the Blue mountains where the troops rendezvoused and all the troops were commanded by Gen Rutherford the regiment he

was in was commanded by Col Francis Locke Major Smith was also in command he was in the first Battalion but does not know the number of the regt the troops were marched across the Mountains in to the Cherokee nation of Indians they marched to and destroyed several of their towns and destroyed their crops after which he was marched home and honably discharged. After his return home he be- came a volunteer minute man during the War under the command of the same Capt Johnson under whom he had previously served that he was called out very often to serve against the In- dians the number of times and the length of his services he cannot now state with precision but at the close of the War he was honorably dischar- ged by his officers and by them allowed for three months services. during his service as a minute man he was often in pursuit of the Tories always near home never having marched out of the State except on the expedition against the Indians. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension

or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State or Territory. He has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of but one man now living by whom he could prove his services and he lives several hundred miles distant in the State of Illinois by name Abram Wood who served nearly all the time in the same company with himself. Sworn to and subscribed to Joseph Eaton the day and year aforesaid
Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County set At a County Court Continental term held for the County of Woodford on Tuesday the 12th day of December 1833 - Present John P. Galt, Charles S. Morehead, John D. Rowan, Commissioners. Personal appearance of Joseph Eaton, who being first sworn, deposes that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing application for a pension for the services rendered by him during the war of 1812-1815, and that the facts stated in said application are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of December 1833.
John McKinney, Clerk of the Court of Woodford County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Eaton, for a pension, and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office. This 12th day of November 1833 and in the 44th year of the Commonwealth. John McKinney, Clerk.

We Jacob Crenth a Clergyman residing in the County of Woodford and J. Williams residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Eaton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid November 5 th 1833
Jacob Crenth J. Williams

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BA-J/ W.L. Joseph Eaton-S.31005
Mr. J. Mack Eaton 915 New Postoffice Building Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Eaton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who, in 1810, resided in Woodford County, Kentucky.
A very careful examination has been made of the papers in pension claim, S.31005, based upon the military service of Joseph Eaton in the Revolutionary War and his history is furnished you herein.
Joseph Eaton was born November 18, 1746, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, where he resided until grown, then moved to Rowan County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Joseph Eaton volunteered in said Rowan County, sometime in 1776, exact date not shown, served three months as a private in Captain John Johnston's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina Regiment and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians: after his return home, he again enlisted and served at various times on short tours, until the close of the war, at least three months in all, as a private in Captain John Johnston's North Carolina Company: all of this service was rendered against the Tories: no dates are given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 5, 1833, while residing in Woodford County, Kentucky.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Eaton(S.31005), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

Joseph Eaton, Certificate No.25158, issued December 3, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Boston, Massachusetts, 915 New Post Office Building, January 28, 1934.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
✓ I am desirous of securing a copy of the military record pertaining to Joseph Eaton, who in 1810 was living in Woodford County, Kentucky. I would like to secure the names of his mother and father, date and place of birth, place of enlistment, date of discharge, and organization to which attached during the Revolutionary War, date and place of death, and any other information that you may have pertaining to this soldier.
Assuring you that I will greatly appreciate this courtesy, I remain
Yours very truly,
J Mack Eaton
JME/LAM

Los Angeles, California, November 10th, 1914.
U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Joseph Eaton was a pensioner of the War of the Revolution, residing in Woodford County, Kentucky, then aged eighty-eight. It appears that he received his pension under the act of 1818 . 1832 (no 1218)
Will you kindly give me what your records may show concerning this service, and greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "F. Harold Janeway", with a long horizontal line underneath the name.
Address me:
1132 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

31005 Rev INVALID.
1914 Nov. 18. History to Mr. G. Harold Janeway. P. 1934 - Feb. 8 / sent to J. Mark Eaton - 1882.
File No. 31005
Joseph Eaton Pir Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index: — Vol. 2, Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]